mr fox

ferret man

is there a sudden rise in the number of foxes these days or is it just me for just this evening i came across a dog foxwandering about the side of thr road about200 yards fromth house an didnt even move or run when stopped the car and waited til i got out as i tried to get a photo as i find this real unusal. is there a reason for this or is mr fox just getting cocky?

cavan shooter

this years cubs are getting braver and bolder i have come accross two on the road a few miles from me. Near wrecked the car;)

ferret man

tis was no cub it was a large dog fox

foxshooter243

ferret man wrote: »

tis was no cub it was a large dog fox

I seen a large fox sitting on a roundabout on a very busy intersection during the early spring, he sat there taking all in and wasnt the least concerened about all the coming and goings, maybe a reflection on our ever dwindling countryside which we can thank the now wounded celtic tiger for.
Edit to add another tale- I was shooting pigeons a few years back, we were using a pigeon magnet and I was using a dry ditch for cover, there was a very strong smell of fox in the ditch and I had guessed that afox must have been laying up in it recently , after a few hours of shooting we were packing up to leave when a fox calmly strolled out of the ditch not 5 yards fron where id been hiding and crossed the field in front of us, myself and another lad stood there with guns in slips over our shoulders and carryng a pile of gear as we watched the fox stroll off without a care in the world:D:D

4gun

went out for a walk one evening and saw 8 foxes (at least 6 of which were pups) in the space of about half a mile there is plenty more cover for at least double that number along another road not far from my house
last spring there was one that used to visit my back garden every night ,never could get a crack at him though..:D

meathstevie

A friend and me done away with three on the outskirts of Navan last night and spotted another 2 we couldn't take a shot at....no shortage of the buggers this year anyway.

lightening

foxshooter243 wrote: »

he sat there taking all in and wasnt the least concerened about all the coming and goings, maybe a reflection on our ever dwindling countryside which we can thank the now wounded celtic tiger for.

They are just adapting, I guess they were here before us and are evolving to survive. They did so during the farming revolution when most of their natural habitat was turned in to field and fences that didn't really sustain much life.

You should see the wildlife in my area, badgers, foxes, seals, kestrels, buzzards, peregrines, egrets, sparrowhawks... to name a few, and I'm 5K from Dublin city center.

Did you know Irish people and wolves got on pretty ok back in the day? There were lots of wolves in Ireland long long after there were in Britain.

ferret man

i notice a dramitic increase in the numbers as i work late nights and see foxes all the tme on the roads home while we were outlamping with the lucher quite a few nights and got 8 in he week with the dog and the night there are foxes aready back where you nabbedthe last there seems to be no end them in the good old hills of donegal

mac80

Hangaround the Santry road junction into the airport any night and you will see one mangey looking fox take a stroll up to it for his supper.

I got within 5 yards of him and he wasnt bothered !!

.17hmr

yep, Mr Fox every where here in Donegal ,only have got two just cant get them close enough to the shot gun out of 15 this week alone,me tinks i need a rifle badly:D

foxshooter243

.17hmr wrote: »

yep, Mr Fox every where here in Donegal ,only have got two just cant get them close enough to the shot gun out of 15 this week alone,me tinks i need a rifle badly:D

Dont worry 17mhr , Ill be starting shortly and ill clean them up for you:D;)

Dusty87

I Shon the lamp on 3 in our field beside the hen houses in the space of an hour and a half. Wil go out soon and reduce the population before the reduce my amount of chickens:)

.17hmr

foxshooter243 wrote: »

Dont worry 17mhr , Ill be starting shortly and ill clean them up for you:D;)

going out to night my self and a mate hopefully get a few close enough ,sent licence in for the rifle just play the waiting game now:( let you know how i get on sure till then good luck

foxshooter243

.17hmr wrote: »

going out to night my self and a mate hopefully get a few close enough ,sent licence in for the rifle just play the waiting game now:( let you know how i get on sure till then good luck

Good luck with the rifle licence, hopefully it will be grand;), what area of Donegal are you in 17hmr..Im shooting mostly in the Burt/Buncrana areas.

.17hmr

foxshooter243 wrote: »

Good luck with the rifle licence, hopefully it will be grand;), what area of Donegal are you in 17hmr..Im shooting mostly in the Burt/Buncrana areas.

ballybofey and surounding hills foxshooter243,i am only back hunting after a long break and i have never seen as meny foxes that is romeing about at the moe.

as for the licence sure they can only say one of two things YES or NO hopefully yes mind you ,talk to you soon happy safe hunting:)

4gun

gave adrive around to night with the lamp, armed to the teeth, spotted 8 foxes with out ever going a mile from home all ran from light and didn't respond to any calls

.17hmr

4gun wrote: »

gave adrive around to night with the lamp, armed to the teeth, spotted 8 foxes with out ever going a mile from home all ran from light and didn't respond to any calls

yep the same here they are geting shy of the light and caller seen 3 cubs got only one but thats the way it goes just have to be a we bit crafty from now on me tinks:D:D